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sun-java5 package

Java 1.5.0_08 security problem

  1. Edgy (6.10)
  2. Bug #80569
Bug #80569 reported by Piero Ottuzzi
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
sun-java5 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Dapper
Fix Released
High
Matthias Klose
Ubuntu dapper-updates
Edgy
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Feisty
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Hi there,

the Ubuntu 6.10 bundled JRE/JDK (java -version shows 1.5.0_08) suffers from a security problem (mostly classified as CRITICAL) handling GIF images as you can see in [1], [2], [3], [4], [5].
Please update to the latest JRE/JDK 1.5 (version 1.5.0_10).

Thanks
Bye
Piero

[1]http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-005.html
[2]http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102760-1
[3]http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0211
[4]http://secunia.com/advisories/23757/

CVE References

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

fixed in gutsy

Changed in sun-java5:
status: New → Fix Released
assignee: nobody → doko
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → In Progress
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

People do want to see an update of the sun-java5 packages for dapper, however
due to the nature of binary-only packages we don't know much about the update
and where it belongs to:

 - it fixes security issues, so it should probably a candidate for -security

 - it fixes other bugs, so it is not appropriate for -security, but maybe
   should go to -proposed and then to -updates.

 - it introduces new features, so it should go to -backports, but there it's
   not picked up by many people.

Proposing this now for -updates, agreed with the sru team and the security team.

The list of all changes can be found at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

test packages from http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/tmp/sun-java5/
were tested by tmarble and tspindler (please confirm).

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Piero Ottuzzi (ottuzzi) wrote :

Hi there,

Java was a binary package so we cannot know for sure what they change between a version and another one but, in the interest of SUN and the Java platform, minor version are always binary compatible.
It's usually safe to upgrade from 1.5.0_08 to whatever else 1.5.0_xx and the same applies for 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2 and 1.6.0.
I also know that these packages live in Universe and support is limited but, specially for applet, this is a vital component for system security: I would suggest an upgrade of packages both for Edgy and Feisty.

Many thanks for your attention
Bye
Piero

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Torsten Spindler (tspindler) wrote : Re: [Bug 80569] Re: Java 1.5.0_08 security problem

> test packages from http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/tmp/sun-java5/
> were tested by tmarble and tspindler (please confirm).

Test confirmed.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Accepted into dapper-proposed, please give some testing feedback once they are built. Thanks a lot, Matthias!

Changed in sun-java5:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Copied to dapper-updates.

Changed in sun-java5:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Unsubscribing ubuntu-sru. If it is desired to get this fixed in edgy and feisty, please sub motu-sru.

Changed in sun-java5:
status: New → Won't Fix
status: New → Won't Fix
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